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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Springfield, MO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Springfield was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant and a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. Springfield (population
151,580) will be targeting the Jordan Valley planning
area, which includes the center city, downtown, and
the West Central Neighborhood, one of the oldest and
most economically depressed areas of the city. This
area's economy has traditionally depended on indus-
trial, manufacturing, and commercial businesses. The
decline in these businesses has left vacant, abandoned,
and underused sites with potential environmental
problems. There are close to 200 acres of former
industrial and commercial properties to be assessed in
the area. The median household income of target area
residents is 42 percent below the city average. More
than 29 percent of residents live below the poverty
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Springfield for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to inventory
sites, perform 15 Phase I and five Phase II
environmental site assessments, and support
community outreach activities at sites located
within the Jordan Valley planning area.
Revolving Loan Fund
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$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Springfield for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the City of Springfield will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites contaminated with hazardous substances.
Grant funds also will be used to support commu-
nity involvement activities.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
800-223-0425
http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields/
index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Springfield, MO
417-864-1092
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-165
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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level, and ten percent are unemployed. Assessment of
brownfields will help increase public awareness and
understanding of brownfields, and ultimately will help
eliminate environmental and human health threats by
encouraging redevelopment. The city plans to rede-
velop the target area as open space with wetlands, a
stormwater detention basin, and nature and transporta-
tion trails.
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